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W.340, Rule of St. Augustine

Abstract

This manuscript, written in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century, contains three different texts attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE). Augustine was an early Christian theologian and scholar from Roman North Africa who is considered one of the most important Church Fathers. The texts in this manuscript are guidelines for Augustine's followers, monks and nuns alike, on how to live a simple and pious Christian life. The first and third texts are specifically written for his female and male followers respectively as indicated by the miniatures on fols. 1r and 26r. The fourth text in the manuscript is roughly the same as the first and seems to have been added later, perhaps in 1714, the date inscribed above the rubric (fol. 33r). On fol. 26r, the Augustine monk St. Nicholas of Tolentino (d. 1304, canonized 1446) appears in the lower margin, which suggests the Walters manuscript was originally for a monastery dedicated to this saint.

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    1. Upper board outside

      W.340, Upper board outside
    2. Upper board inside

      W.340, Upper board inside
    3. Front flyleaf i, r

      W.340, Front flyleaf i, r
    4. Front flyleaf i, v

      W.340, Front flyleaf i, v
    5. fol. 1r

      W.340, fol. 1r
    6. fol. 1v

      W.340, fol. 1v
    7. fol. 2r

      W.340, fol. 2r
    8. fol. 2v

      W.340, fol. 2v
    9. fol. 3r

      W.340, fol. 3r
    10. fol. 3v

      W.340, fol. 3v
    11. fol. 4r

      W.340, fol. 4r
    12. fol. 4v

      W.340, fol. 4v
    13. fol. 5r

      W.340, fol. 5r
    14. fol. 5v

      W.340, fol. 5v
    15. fol. 6r

      W.340, fol. 6r
    16. fol. 6v

      W.340, fol. 6v
    17. fol. 7r

      W.340, fol. 7r
    18. fol. 7v

      W.340, fol. 7v
    19. fol. 8r

      W.340, fol. 8r
    20. fol. 8v

      W.340, fol. 8v
    21. fol. 9r

      W.340, fol. 9r
    22. fol. 9v

      W.340, fol. 9v
    23. fol. 10r

      W.340, fol. 10r
    24. fol. 10v

      W.340, fol. 10v
    25. fol. 11r

      W.340, fol. 11r
    26. fol. 11v

      W.340, fol. 11v
    27. fol. 12r

      W.340, fol. 12r
    28. fol. 12v

      W.340, fol. 12v
    29. fol. 13r

      W.340, fol. 13r
    30. fol. 13v

      W.340, fol. 13v
    31. fol. 14r

      W.340, fol. 14r
    32. fol. 14v

      W.340, fol. 14v
    33. fol. 15r

      W.340, fol. 15r
    34. fol. 15v

      W.340, fol. 15v
    35. fol. 16r

      W.340, fol. 16r
    36. fol. 16v

      W.340, fol. 16v
    37. fol. 17r

      W.340, fol. 17r
    38. fol. 17v

      W.340, fol. 17v
    39. fol. 18r

      W.340, fol. 18r
    40. fol. 18v

      W.340, fol. 18v
    41. fol. 19r

      W.340, fol. 19r
    42. fol. 19v

      W.340, fol. 19v
    43. fol. 20r

      W.340, fol. 20r
    44. fol. 20v

      W.340, fol. 20v
    45. fol. 21r

      W.340, fol. 21r
    46. fol. 21v

      W.340, fol. 21v
    47. fol. 22r

      W.340, fol. 22r
    48. fol. 22v

      W.340, fol. 22v
    49. fol. 23r

      W.340, fol. 23r
    50. fol. 23v

      W.340, fol. 23v
    51. fol. 24r

      W.340, fol. 24r
    52. fol. 24v

      W.340, fol. 24v
    53. fol. 25r

      W.340, fol. 25r
    54. fol. 25v

      W.340, fol. 25v
    55. fol. 26r

      W.340, fol. 26r
    56. fol. 26v

      W.340, fol. 26v
    57. fol. 27r

      W.340, fol. 27r
    58. fol. 27v

      W.340, fol. 27v
    59. fol. 28r

      W.340, fol. 28r
    60. fol. 28v

      W.340, fol. 28v
    61. fol. 29r

      W.340, fol. 29r
    62. fol. 29v

      W.340, fol. 29v
    63. fol. 30r

      W.340, fol. 30r
    64. fol. 30v

      W.340, fol. 30v
    65. fol. 31r

      W.340, fol. 31r
    66. fol. 31v

      W.340, fol. 31v
    67. fol. 32r

      W.340, fol. 32r
    68. fol. 32v

      W.340, fol. 32v
    69. fol. 33r

      W.340, fol. 33r
    70. fol. 33v

      W.340, fol. 33v
    71. fol. 34r

      W.340, fol. 34r
    72. fol. 34v

      W.340, fol. 34v
    73. fol. 35r

      W.340, fol. 35r
    74. fol. 35v

      W.340, fol. 35v
    75. fol. 36r

      W.340, fol. 36r
    76. fol. 36v

      W.340, fol. 36v
    77. fol. 37r

      W.340, fol. 37r
    78. fol. 37v

      W.340, fol. 37v
    79. fol. 38r

      W.340, fol. 38r
    80. fol. 38v

      W.340, fol. 38v
    81. fol. 39r

      W.340, fol. 39r
    82. fol. 39v

      W.340, fol. 39v
    83. fol. 40r

      W.340, fol. 40r
    84. fol. 40v

      W.340, fol. 40v
    85. fol. 41r

      W.340, fol. 41r
    86. fol. 41v

      W.340, fol. 41v
    87. Lower board inside

      W.340, Lower board inside
    88. Upper board outside

      W.340, Upper board outside
    89. Spine

      W.340, Spine
    90. Fore-edge

      W.340, Fore-edge
    91. Head

      W.340, Head
    92. Tail

      W.340, Tail

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